CAMPOS NOVOS 219goats, pigs, turkeys, and chickens. Most of the buildingswere made of upright poles, with roofs of palm thatch.One or two were of native brick, plastered with mud,and before these there was an enclosure with a fewragged palms, and some pineapple plants. Here wehalted. Our attendants made two kitchens: one wasout in the open air, one was under a shelter of ox-hide.The view over the surrounding grassy hiUs, riven bydeep, wooded valleys, was lovely. The air was cool andfresh. We were not bothered by insects, althoughmosquitoes swarmed in every belt of timber. Yet therehas been much fever at this beautiful and seeminglyhealthy place. Doubtless when settlement is sufficientlyadvanced a remedy will be developed. The geology ofthis neighbourhood was interesting — Oliveira foundfossil tree-trunks which he believed to be of cretaceousage. Here we found Amilcar and Mello, who had waitedfor us with the rear-guard of their pack-train, and weenjoyed our meeting with the two fine fellows, thanwhom no military service of any nation could producemore efficient men for this kind of difficult and respon¬sible work. Next morning they mustered their soldiers,muleteers, and pack-ox men, and marched off. Reinischthe taxidermist was with them. We followed in thelate afternoon, camping after a few miles. We left theox-cart at Campos Novos ; from thence on the traU wasonly for pack-animals. In this neighbourhood the two naturalists found manybirds which we had not hitherto met. The most con¬spicuous was a huge oriole, the size of a smaU crow, witha naked face, a black-and-red bill, and gaudily variegatedplumage of gi-een, yeUow, and chestnut. Very interest¬ing was the false bell-bird, a grey bird, with loud.